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The Landed Estates of Princes from Volhynia in Lesser Poland Proper to the Mid-17th Century

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the landed estates held by Lithuanian-Ruthenian princes from Volhynia within Lesser Poland proper, specifically the Kraków, Sandomierz, and Lublin voivodeships, between 1567 and the mid-17th century. The analysis takes as its chronological marker the marriage of the Voivode of Kiev, Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, to Zofia Tarnowska, which enabled him to acquire the estates of her late brother, Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski, Castellan of Wojnicz, who had died without issue. For many years, Ostrogski remained the only prince holding lands in Lesser Poland proper. In 1603, his estates passed to his sons, Princes Janusz and Aleksander. The elder, Janusz, Castellan of Kraków, significantly expanded his inherited holdings, while the estates of the younger brother, Aleksander, Voivode of Volhynia, were acquired by the Zamoyski family in 1621. Prince Janusz’s entire estate was subsequently inherited by his grandsons, the Princes Zasławski. Their paternal grandfather, Janusz, Voivode of Volhynia, had also purchased properties in the region. Furthermore, Princes Jerzy and Krzysztof Zbaraski acquired extensive estates in the Kraków and Lublin voivodeships; however, the extinction of their line in 1631 led to these properties passing to the Warszycki family. By 1649, the only prince still holding estates in Lesser Poland proper was Władysław Dominik Ostrogski-Zasławski, great-grandson of Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, the second holder of the Ostróg entail, and Voivode of Kraków. It is noteworthy that estates in Lesser Poland were held only by repres-entatives of the most powerful princely families, not only from Volhynia but from the entire Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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